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Chapter 10: Inuyasha's Gift

Kikyo dug a grave for Inuyasha. She and Kagome placed him to rest in the grave. Kagome's face was solemn and grim. Kikyo's face was distorted in pain. A pain that didn't hurt on the outside, but on the inside. It clouded her mind and her body, filling her with sorrow. Long after Inuyasha was buried Kikyo remained by the grave. She refused to eat. Sleep knawed at her but she denied it. She would rather die than live without Inuyasha.

"INUYASHA! INUYASHA I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT OUT YOU!" she yelled pounding her fists onto the grave," I can't do it- I won't..." she said as her voice cracked and trailed off. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME!?" she screamed at the grave of Inuyasha. Her voice was strangled with sorrow.

She smoothed the dirt where her fists had made contact. Her fists were bruised, but the pain was shamed by the pain inside. This pain consumed her being. Sorrow emanated from every pore on her body. Her vision was clouded, her hearing was diminishing. She was forcing herself to be with Inuyasha once more. Even through her almost-gone hearing, Kikyo heard something loud and clear. The voice made her rise with a start.

The world around Kikyo had changed. Mist softly enveloped the land. A huge gate stood before her. At the gate stood-Inuyasha.

"Kikyo," he said, "Don't do this to yourself. The world needs you. You have a mission to do. You have to good of a life ahead of you to waste it on me." He reached into the air and with a wave of his hand created a marvelous bow. Along with it game a quiver of arrows. Each one was made perfectly.

"Here take this as a gift from me to you" said Inuyasha as he handed over the bow and arrows to Kikyo. "That is the Bow of Lakore. It will only wield to one pure of soul. Each arrow will shoot only with good intentions. After they are shot they will automatically return to the quiver." He smiled and grasped Kikyo's hand. "The first thing I want you to do is to get revenge on those demons. Kill them all. I may have fallen under their strength, but you are stronger than me. You can do it. After that, continue your quest. Most importantly, remember that I will always be with you wherever you go."

Inuyasha smiled as the world surrounding Kikyo began to disappear. Once again she was at Inuyasha's grave. Her vision and hearing had returned. So had her will to live. Suddenly, Kikyo gasped, she had fallen asleep! With disappointment she felt her back where she had placed the gift. It was still there! She smiled. It had been real after all. She laid down and thought about Inuyasha and the day ahead of her.